West Nile virus tricks mosquitoes into producing a particular protein complex that allows it to survive and be transmitted, Yale researchers report in the Sept. 3 issue of the journal Cell.This molecular survival mechanism helps explain how West Nile...
The resurgence of pertussis (whooping cough) among newborns and adults has spurred a study by Yale School of Medicine and Hospital of Saint Raphael that will gauge whether young mothers and other caregivers will accept the pertussis vaccine if it is...
A ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially mark the opening of the state-of-the-art Yale Health Center will take place October 4 at 11 a.m. at 55 Lock St. Coffee and refreshments will be served at 10 a.m. and tours of the new facility will follow the ribbon-...
A team of Yale University scientists has engineered the cell wall of the Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, tricking it into incorporating foreign small molecules and embedding them within the cell wall.The finding, described online in the journal ACS...
Lowering levels of a key protein involved in regulating learning and memory—STtriatal-Enriched tyrosine Phosphatase (STEP)—reversed cognitive deficits in mice with Alzheimer’s disease, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the October 18 issue of...
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that new disease pathways involving more than one cell type leads to Type 1 Gaucher disease, a rare genetic disorder in which fatty substances called glycosphingolipids accumulate in cells, resulting in...
A study by Yale School of Medicine researchers reveals that the illnesses and injuries that can restrict the activity of older adults or land them in the hospital are linked to worsening functional ability, especially among those who are physically frail...
Young, overweight women are more likely to engage in risky sexual behaviors and are at significantly higher risk for sexually transmitted infections than their more slender peers, a new study by the Yale School of Public Health has found. The paper is...
Children as young as age 2 are seeing more fast food ads than ever before, and restaurants rarely offer parents the healthy kids’ meal choices, according to a new study from Yale’s Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity. The new evaluation, the most...
A new nationwide study to determine whether there are gender differences in how female and male military combat veterans readjust to civilian life – one of the first empirical studies of its kind – has begun, thanks to a $2.2 million grant from the U.S....